Vending-machine.



No. 894,246. PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

i J. VIERLING.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 0014,1907.

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I J. VIERLING.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1907.

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ci a i wi 11 eases attouwgs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH VIERLING, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO P. dz 0. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SEBR-ING, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

' To'all whom it may concern: 1 1

Be it known that I, JosEPH VIERLING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Vendin -Machines, of which t e following is a speci cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in vending machines, and the invention has for its primary object to provide a novel machine for vending or dispensing sanitary shields, or pieces of medicated or disinfected a er. p ilnother object of this invention is to provide a machine for dispensing pieces of paper and disinfecting a closet and the bowl or hopper thereof. f

The invention aims to combine certain new and novel structural elements and produce a coin controlled mechanism for vending sanitary shields, the shields and the mechanism being arran ed in 'a compact form, whereby they wilT occupy comparatively small space in the closet or compartment. inwhich they are located. I

Reference will now be had to the drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of the vending machine, Fig.- 2 a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 a front elevation with the lid or cover plate thereof removed, Fi 4 is a perspective view of the actuating slide, Fig. 5 is a er spective view of the paper ejectmg slide, ig. 6 is a pers ective View of one of the uides of the slides, ig. 7 is a vertical sectiona view of the vending machine, illustrating the normal position of the same, Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the machine illustrating the mechanism in a partially shifted position, and Fig. 9 is a similar view illustrating the mechanism completely shifted and a piece of paper partially ejected.

To put my invention into practice, I construct the machine of light and durable metal, and cast the casin thereof, which consists of a back plate 1, side walls 2 and 3, and a bottom plate 4. The back late 1 is of a greater height than the side wa ls 2 and 3, and is provided with a mirror or sign board 5 at its upper end, also openings 6, whereby the machine can be secured to a wall or suitable support by grooves or similar fastening means (not shown).

of the vending machine.

The side Walls 2 and 3 are formed with pierced lugs 7 at their lower front edges to receive the pintles 80f a lid or cover plate 9, said lid or cover plate forming the front and to Walls of the machine. wil be hereinafter termed, has its lower hinged or trunnioned end formed semi-cylindrical for holding a curved plate 10, which togetherwith the lower edge of the lid 9 provides a coin receptacle, the object of which will presently appear. The lid 9 is rovided with a central vertically disposed s 0t 11, a transversely dis osed coin slot 12 and a sign frame 14, the s 0t 12 and the sign frame 14 being arranged upon the inclined upper portion of the lid 9. To retain the lid 9 in a closed position, I provide the side walls 2 with a conventional form of lock 15, said lock havin a latch 16 for engaging a keeper 17 carried y the inner side of the lid 9. The lock 15 is'manipulated with a key.

In the machine is mounted a pa er holder comprising side walls 18, a rear wa 19 and a The lid 9, as it v front Wall 20, the lower edge of the front wall inclination by a resilient strip'of metal or spring23 ,said spring being carried by the rear wall 19 of the paper holder.

Secured between the side walls 18 of the paper holder is a rece tacle 21 having a perorated top 22*, an a discharge ipe 23, which extends through the side wa ls 18 of the paper holder, and through the side wall 3 The receptacle 21f is adapted to contain a liquid disinfectant, and the discharge pi e thereof is adapted to connect with the bow or hopper of the closet for disinfecting the same.

The side walls 2 and3 of the machine are. providedupon their inner sides with confrontguides 24 and 25, these guides being suitin ably secured near the front edges of said walls.

The guides 24 and 25 are formed with verticallydisposedgrooves26 and 27 andeach guide at its upper end is provided with ahook or lug 28. In the groove 26 of the guides 24 and 25 is slidably mounted a pa er ejecting slide 29, said slide" carrying a depending plate 30' whichengages the front wall 20 of thepaper holder of the machine. vertical alinement with the transverse slot 31 formed in the bottom plate 4 of the machine, and this plate is adapted to eject sanitary The plate 30 is in I shields or pieces of paper as will be presently described, v

The slide 29 upon its front side carries two coin guides 32 and a'pivoted arm 33 having beveled rojections 34 and 35. The rear side of t e slide 29 carries a coin shield or guide 36, which is normally maintained in close roximity to the coin slot 12, whereby a of the pivoted arm 33.

coin eposited in said slot will be deflected to-v wards the guides 32 and will rest between one of said guides and the beveled projection 34 Thecoin which I have designated 3? will remain in this osition until the slide 29 is moved, as wil be hereinafter described. To normally main: tain the slide in the upper ends of the grooves 26, I provide .the plate 30 with an outwardly extending hook 38, and connecting with this hook and the hook 28 of the guide 25 is a coil spring 39. Movably mounted in the groove 25 is an actuating slide 40, rovided with an outwardly extending hand e 41 adapted to protrude through the slot 11 of the lid 9.

he slide 40 has its lower left hand corner cutaway and slotted as at 42, to clear the lower end of the spring 39 and the hook 38 of the plate 30. Besides the handle 41 the slide .40 carries upon its front side a hook 43 and upon its rear side a lug or pin 44. The hook 43 is connected by a coil spring 45 with the hook 28 of the guide 24. The guide 24 besides being grooved is provided with a vertically dis osed Web 46 havin shoulders 47 and 48, t e object of which will presently apear.

In order that the o eration of the vending machine can be fuly understood, I have illustrated sanitary shields or pieces of paper located in the pa er holder of the machine.

These sanitary s ields are made of tissue fore stated, when a coin is deposited in the slot 12 of the machine, the coin is supported between the slides 29 and 40 upon guide 32, and the beveled projection 34 of the pivoted arm 33. As the actuating slide 49 is moved downwardly, through the medium of the handle 41, the lug or pin 44 carried by said slide en ages the upper edge of the coin 37, carried liy the paper ejecting slide 29, and

both slides move in unison, placing the s rings 39 and 45 under tension. As the side 29 travels downwardly, the rejection 35 of the pivoted arm 34 engages t 8 Web 46,

and immediately upon passing the shoulders 48, it is impossibletomove the slides upwardly, the shoulder 48 simply being a safety stop for, preventing a person from operating the machine numerous times by one coin. A further movement of the slides '29 and-40causes the projection 35 to ride over the'beveled shoulder 47 of the web 46, and release the coinheld bythe guide 32 and the beveled projection 34 of the arm 33. The coin immediately drops into the rece tacle formed by the curved plate 10 and t e lid 9. When the coin is released from the slide 29, said slide can be furthermoved to engage the flap 49 of the shield and move said shield through the slot'31 of the machine casing, thus ejecting the shield sufficiently to permit of a person gripping the same and removing it from the machine. Upon the release of the handle 41, the slides 49 and 29 are returned to. their normalposition through the medium of the spring 39 and 45. To prevent the flaps 49 from extending outwardly too far from the ath of the plate 30, I provide the bottom p ate 4 of the casing with a transverse angle plate 50, which at all times retains the flap of the shield in positilon to be engaged by the lower edge of said p ate.

The sanitary shields or apers within the machine besides being medicated, are disinfected by the contents of the receptacle 21, and the odors escaping from this receptacle are adapted to disinfect the compartment or closet in which the machine is located.

From the foregoing description, it will be observed that my improved vending and dispensing machine is composed of comparatively few parts, easy access being had to each and every part, when the lid 9 of the machine is opened. A particular feature of my invention resides in the easy access which is had to the coin receptacle, when the lid 9 is thrown open. The coins held in the receptacle of the hinged lid are easily reached and can be ex editiously removed, without disturbing'or i arranging any of the mechanism of the machine.

The aper holder of the machine is made of a su cient size to hold a suitable quantity of sanitary shields, and these shields are-fed forward as they are withdrawn through the medium of the spring 23 arranged within the paper holder.

'do not care to confine myself to the form of sanitary shield or paper dispensed in the machine, and such other changes in the size,

proportion and minor details of construction as are permissible by the appended claims can be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. A vending machine consisting of walls, a hinged lid carried by two of said walls, a

paper holder arranged within said Walls, a spring pressed inclined plate for retaining t 1e paper in said holder, a perforated disinfected receptacle located beneath said holder, oppositely disposed guides carried by theside walls of said machine, a paper delivery slide arranged between said guides, adepending plate carried by said slide-for ejecting paper from said-machine, an actuating slide arranged between said guides, a handle carried by said lid, means carried by said actuating slide for moving said paper ejecting slide, and means for normally holding said slides in anelevated position.

2. A vending machine comprising a casing, a lid hinged thereto, said casing having a delivery slot formed therein, a paper holder located insaid casing, a'spring pressed in clined paper holding plate, a disinfectantreceptacle located beneath said paper holder, guides arranged in said casing at the front edge thereof, a spring held paper ejecting slide mounted in'said guides and having a depending paper engaging plate, a spring held actuating slide mounted in said guides, a handle carried thereby and protruding through a slot in said lid, a pivoted arm carried by said slide, a web carried by one of said guides for controlling the movement of said arm, and means carried by said actuating slide for moving said paper ejecting slide.

3. A vending machine comprising a casing provided with a delivery slot, a hinged lid carried by said casing, a paper holder arranged within said casing and having an inclined spring-pressed paper holdin plate, guides carried within said casing at t e front thereof, a spring-held paper-ejecting slide mounted in said guides and having a sprin mounted in said guides and having a handle protruding through a slot in said lid, means for normally holding said slides in an elevated position, and means carried by said actuating slide for moving the paper-ejecting slide.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JUSEPH VIERLING.

, Witnesses:

PAUL WENZIG, MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

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